hybrid embryo
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[edit]Noun
[edit]hybrid embryo (plural hybrid embryos)
- An embryo resulting from the sperm of one species fertilising the egg of another.
- 2008 May 19, David Batty, The Guardian:
- True hybrid embryos are the result of fertilising an egg with the sperm of another closely related species; for example, a mule is the hybrid offspring of a donkey and a horse.
- Specifically, an embryo created artificially which combines human and animal DNA, in various proportions, for the purposes of medical research.
- 2008 May 20, Nicholas Watt, The Guardian:
- MPs pushed back the boundaries of science last night when they voted to allow the creation of hybrid embryos, which have a combination of human and animal DNA, as well as "saviour siblings" to save sick children.